Concord Monitor back issues from September 2005:
Concord; Council rejects spraying for EEE; High cost, uncertain results are cited
Sep 01, 2005; ... The city council adopted a let-live attitude toward Concord'smosquitoes last night, deciding not to spend $45,000 to spray severalcity parks over the next five weeks as a precaution against Easternequine encephalitis. Six city councilors voted against spraying, and four voted to ...
Sports roundup
Sep 01, 2005; ... Kiera Blain scored twice and Emily Viani added one goal as theConcord field hockey team beat Portsmouth, 3-0, in the season opener.Julie Skafidas and Lauren Greene played strong games, while BeccaSharpe earned the shutout in goal. Julia Heald and Jillian Pellerin each scored as ...
New Hampshire 7, Binghamton 5; Fishers stay in playoff race with win; Davenport's 3 RBI drive offense
Sep 01, 2005 ... MANCHESTER - Ron Davenport went 2-for-5 with a triple and threeRBI as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats snapped a five-game losingstreak with a 7-5 win over the Binghamton Mets last night at FisherCats Ballpark. The win, combined with Trenton's loss to Norwich,means New Hampshire cannot be ...
Correction; Correction
Sep 01, 2005 ... An article in yesterday's Monitor said that a survey of 31 townsnear Bradford found that none offered paid benefits to their electedofficials. The survey ...
News brief - Summer's end; Summer's end; Award-winning play; Jazz night
Sep 01, 2005 ... Banjo Dan and the Midnite Plowboys will play at the final ConcordRecreation Department's "First Friday Music"concert tomorrow night atEagle Square. The group plays traditional bluegrass in the form of a fiddle,banjo, mandolin, guitar and string bass. Their influences ...
You are not alone, MELISSA GATES, Ryegate, Vermont - Letter
Sep 01, 2005 ... Kudos to Sam Martel, the multi-faceted vegan (Monitor Teen Life,Aug. 29). It is a pleasure to read such a well thought-out andclearly reasoned platform for the vegan lifestyle. You ...
Brady makes amends with win; Avenges '04 loss to Bow Field hockey; Girls' soccer; Boys' soccer; Golf
Sep 01, 2005 ... Bishop Brady remembered the headlines, and the hammering it tookfrom the Bow field hockey team at the start of last fall. Drubbed bythe Falcons, 8-0, in the 2004 season opener, the Green Giants knewthey'd begin 2005 with the same opponent staring across the field. And this time ...
Concord 5, Portsmouth 1; Questions answered; Tide rolls to win in opener
Sep 01, 2005; ... The sinister storm clouds rolled overhead with impending ferocity.The only thunder, however, came off the sticks of the Concord Highfield hockey players. The Crimson Tide broke through for three first-half goals andstormed to a 5-1 victory over Portsmouth yesterday in its ...
Mystery tour, HOWARD MORSE, Amherst - Letter
Sep 01, 2005 ... Last week Congressman Charlie Bass stated on NHPR that he wasembarking on a "massive multi-town tour of the district." But his website offered no schedule, and when I tried his office, I was toldthey didn't know, and the person who did know never returned my call. I was going to ...
D-IV teams eye playoffs; D-IIIs, meanwhile, continue to build their programs Division III; Division IV
Sep 01, 2005; ... The local teams are far apart when it comes to Division III and IVfootball. In D-III, Pembroke Academy is rebuilding, Merrimack Valley is inthe midst of building its four-year old program and John Stark isjust starting to build in its second year of varsity football. Thethree ...
Can you help out?, IGNATIUS MacLELLAN, Bow - Letter
Sep 01, 2005 ... In early October, a group of Concord area residents is headingdown to El Salvador, a small and generally impoverished country.Concord residents Mike and Susie Jenkins volunteer full-time in asmall town, working on various community projects. We will help outas we can. After ...
Concord manager to depart; Ballantyne accepts offer from Florida
Sep 01, 2005; ... City Manager Duncan Ballantyne plans to leave Concord to becomethe county administrator in Martin County, Fla., he said yesterday.Ballantyne has notified the city council and city department heads inConcord but has not submitted his resignation, because his contractnegotiations in ...
Sports roundup Registrations/tryouts; Events; Camps/clinics/lessons; Coaches needed; Players needed; Referees wanted; Roundup schedule
Sep 01, 2005; ... Fall baseball- Sign-ups for fall baseball will be held today from5-7 p.m. at Rundlett Middle School (in front of the gym). There is an$80 fee. The team will play four Sundays starting Sept. 11, and istrying to get a tournament for Columbus Day weekend. Email Scott Owenat ...
Contoocook; Growing, cooking and crafting for the fair; Quieter pursuits have their place in the event
Sep 01, 2005; ... Before the sheep and the horses and tractors arrive, and beforethe carnival rides light up and the food vendors heat their deep-fryers, the crafters, cooks and gardeners have their day at theHopkinton State Fair. The gates open to the public today, but while the fair revved ...
News brief - 2001; 2001; 1939
Sep 01, 2005 ... State and local police search for a man suspected of robbing aGorham pharmacy of the powerful painkiller OxyContin. The drug is aslow-release narcotic prescribed to victims of moderate to severechronic pain from ailments ...
'It became a tour of hellish scenes'; Former 'Monitor' reporter tells of leaving New Orleans
Sep 01, 2005; ... We fled our newspaper building in New Orleans on Tuesday morning,an eight-hour trek over a bridge and through country roads along thebayou until eventually landing safe in Baton Rouge. We've taken overthe Louisiana State University journalism department and everyone isworking, publishing ...
Franklin/Concord; Judge questions case against doctor; Sexual assault guidelines called troubling
Sep 01, 2005; ... The judge handling sexual assault charges against a Concord doctoraccused of having sex with a patient yesterday questioned whether thelaw prohibits any sex between a doctor and a patient or only sex tiedto the medical relationship. The answer could be significant for Dr. Peter ...
Hall & Oates from a new perspective; Show combines hits, personal favorites
Sep 01, 2005; ... You might expect that John Oates - one-half of Hall & Oates, thebiggest selling rock duo of all time, according to Billboard- wouldbe all about how he never gets tired of "Sara Smile" and how happy heis that he and Daryl Hall are on the road again, including Saturdaynight's gig at ...
[ Concord Public Library ]
Sep 02, 2005 ... In 1904, the Concord Public Library, located in the FowlerMemorial building at School at State Streets, was bursting for space. Some thought of a cash gift from steel master Andrew Carnegie, whowas then aiding libraries. But the Fowlers would not allow the lot tobe used for a new ...
Active Outdoors
Sep 02, 2005; ... If you don't have a bike, or just don't want to bring your own,there are dozens of bike rental shops on the Cape where you can findquality hybrids and mountain bikes. Here's the most complete listI've been able to assemble: Brewster- Barbara's Bike & Sport, (508) 896-7231; Rail ...
State sells its last tokens as public demand flares
Sep 01, 2005; ... Most of the phone calls Jon Hanson answered yesterday were fromtwo kinds of people. "There's the whole group of people who can't buy enough tokens onthe last day,"Hanson said, ". . . and there's this other group - it'sabout 50/50 - who want cash back for the tokens they ...
Franklin; Friend: Slain mother was abused by son; She claims violence began when he was a teen
Sep 01, 2005; ... FRANKLIN - The man accused of stabbing his mother to death thisweek sometimes lashed out violently towards her, said a friend ofJane LaBranche. Michael J. LaBranche, 31, who was arrested Monday onmurder charges, has a history of aggression against his mother thatgoes back more than 10 ...
News brief - Audubon scientists begin to count raptors; Audubon scientists begin to count raptors
Sep 01, 2005 ... From now until the end of October, scientists with the NewHampshire Audubon Society will be perching themselves on top of PackMonadnock in Miller State Park in Peterborough and counting theraptors that pass overhead. Raptors, or birds of prey, including eagles, falcons, ...
In Katrina's wake; New Orleans and other southern cities should be rebuilt.
Sep 01, 2005 ... The horns in the birthplace of jazz have been silenced. Most ofNew Orleans is under up to 20 feet of water. The city wild at hearthas been drowned in what promises to be the biggest natural disasterin modern American history. The city's mayor, Ray Nagin, saidyesterday that thousands of ...
Confiscation, ROBIN MONGEON, Concord - Letter
Sep 01, 2005 ... I just had to respond to the story Dan Barrick wrote in the Aug.26 paper regarding SEA's windfall of money they may now legally beable to confiscate from some 4,000 state employees. This so-called "agency fee" was negotiated between the union andthe Shaheen administration and was ...
News brief - Truckin' to Meadowbrook; Truckin' to Meadowbrook
Sep 01, 2005 ... Bob Weir, RatDog and special guest Bruce Hornsby will performtomorrow night at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center in Gilford. Weir's popular song "The Music Never Stopped" has held true sincehis days with the Grateful Dead. He teamed with RatDog and releasedtheir first studio album in ...
Katrina blamed as gas prices soar; Single day sees jump to $3 a gallon
Sep 01, 2005; ... When Judi Howden began filling her gas tank at Hess on North MainStreet yesterday afternoon, the price per gallon was $2.82. By thetime the Penacook woman was finished, drivers pulling in behind herhad to pay $3.09. Gasoline prices hit all-time highs yesterday due to damage to ...
Walk a mile in the Somalis' shoes, SKIP TIMMONS, Northfield - Letter
Sep 01, 2005 ... In response to Tom Dwyer, who accused the Somali refugees of"bloodsucking" (Monitor letter, Aug. 30): I find it interesting youbegin by defending yourself from potential allegations of racism.Usually when people say things along that line, it is a preemptivedefense from an attack they ...
Enjoyed opportunity to help others, ZEBULON, Ga. -
Sep 01, 2005 ... ZEBULON, Ga. - Mrs. Beverly T. Goforth, 58, of Zebulon, Ga. wentto her reward Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Mrs. Goforth was born Aug. 20, 1947 in Middletown, R.I., daughterof the late Ruland D. Tippit and the late Lillian E. JacksonStrathmann. She was a member of Rosemont Christian ...
New neighbors are a big problem, MARK BOURDEAU, Concord - Letter
Sep 01, 2005 ... Why hasn't the Monitor interviewed people in the community whohave become neighbors of the Somalis? The paper should report bothsides of this issue. I have had at least 10 move into a two-bedroom apartment next tomine in the South End, which was a quiet neighborhood. The ...
Executive Council stymies planned ouster of Theobald
Sep 01, 2005; ... Gov. John Lynch's effort to name a new head of the stateretirement board was blocked by a majority of the Executive Councilin a closed-door meeting yesterday . The council's opposition continues the controversy over EdTheobald, the board's current chairman, who's accused of ...
Narrow perspective on Somali refugees, JEANNE TIMMONS, Penacook - Letter
Sep 01, 2005 ... Initially, I was outraged by Tom Dwyer's Aug. 30 letter, but thenit just made me sad. It was written out of complete ignorance. Colin Powell gave 12,000 Somali Bantus refuge in the United Statesbecause he believed that if they returned to Somalia, they would bemassacred. The Bantus ...
A. Richard Price, GILMANTON IRON WORKS -; Self-employed dairy farmer for 68 years
Sep 01, 2005 ... GILMANTON IRON WORKS -A. Richard Price, 83, of Shannon Road,passed away peacefully at home Wednesday morning, August 31, 2005. Born Feb. 23, 1922 in Manchester, to the late Amos R. and Emma(Wight) Price, they moved to the farm in Gilmanton Iron Works, whenRichard was 14 years ...
Clarence W. Ruden, SEABROOK -; Former shipyard pipe-fitter
Sep 01, 2005 ... SEABROOK - Clarence W. Ruden, 79, of Seabrook, formerly of Malden,Mass. and Canterbury, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, in the PrescottHouse Nursing Home in North Andover, Mass. He was the husband of the late Katherine (Harrington) Ruden. Hewas born on December 10, 1925 in Boston, ...
Local residents offering assistance; Agencies swamped with calls, donations
Sep 01, 2005; ... The switchboards at local nonprofits are jammed with callersoffering to send food and clothing to the victims of HurricaneKatrina, which devastated New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast thisweek. But relief workers say the situation is so dire, the best thingNew Hampshire residents can ...
Here's how you can help
Sep 01, 2005 ... Local relief agencies are requesting donations of either money ortime to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. If you'd like to help,here's how: To give your time: 1.) Take an hour or two to donate a pint of blood. The AmericanRed Cross will hold a blood drive tomorrow at ...
Trey Allen Drapeau, LEBANON -
Sep 01, 2005 ... LEBANON -Trey Allen Drapeau, infant son of Scott and Heather(Jones) Drapeau, died at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center inLebanon on Aug. 30, 2005. Survivors include his siblings, Ethan Drapeau and Hannah Davis;paternal ...
Community News; Boscawen; Bow; Concord; Deerfield; Epsom; Franklin; Gilford; Hopkinton; Loudon; Meredith; Pembroke; Sanbornton; Suncook; Weare
Sep 01, 2005 ... Kelly Whelan, daughter of James and Sandra Whelan, recentlyreceived the 2005 New Hampshire National Guard scholarship. Agraduate of the University of New Hampshire, she is attending themaster's of education degree program in elementary education at UNH.She is a 2001 graduate of Bishop ...
In the thick of it -- again; Nevers Band concerts celebrate 1905 Portsmouth Peace Treaty
Sep 01, 2005; ... It was September 1905, and after a tense month of complex andcareful negotiations in neutral territory - in this case, Portsmouth -a peace accord was signed, bringing an end to the Russo-Japanese War.In the celebration that followed, the 2nd Regiment of the NewHampshire National Guard - ...
Movie reviews
Sep 01, 2005 ... 40 Year-Old Virgin (R) - Steve Carell plays a middle-age electronics store employee whosefriends decide it's time for him to go all the way. With CatherineKeener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks andLeslie Mann. Directed by Judd Apatow. Written by Carell and ...
Movie schedules
Sep 01, 2005 ... Listings are for today only. To confirm show times, call theaters. Concord Entertainment Cinemas 192 Loudon Road, 224-3600 March of the Penguins (G) 6:45, 9 Dukes of Hazzard (PG-13) 7, 9:15 Red Eye (PG-13) 7:15, 9:30 Star Wars: Episode III (PG-13) ...
High school football previews; For Tide, backfield is key; Team speed, experience on offense Concord's strengths
Sep 01, 2005; ... It's tough to size up the Concord High football team this fall. On one hand, the Crimson Tide is small, averaging just 201 poundsacross a line that's tasked with opening holes for a run-dominatedoffense. On the other hand, Concord comes up big, with a trio ofspeedy running backs ...
Capitol Center for the Arts 2005-2006 season
Sep 01, 2005 ... Saturday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. - Three Wise Men with comedians TeddyBergeron, Paul Nardizzi, Tom Cotter Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. - An Evening with Jodi Picoult Friday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. - Opera Gala, winners of theMetropolitan Opera National Council ...
Calendar of Events; Concerts; Pubs & Cafs; Theater; Comedy; Film; Dancing; Speakers; Books; Outdoors; Festivals; Workshops; Etc.; Exhibits; Museums; Historic Sites; Attractions
Sep 01, 2005 ... Old White Church, Center Tuftonboro - Kane Sisters, Friday, 8 p.m., $15. Canniffe Family, Oct. 8, 8p.m., $15. Info: 569-9859. Concord Chorale, Concord - Open Sing, Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church.Info: concordchorale.org. Concord City ...
Evelyn M. Laflamme
Sep 01, 2005 ... Longtime resident was member of church groups; ALLENSTOWN - Mrs.Evelyn M. (Brisbois) Laflamme, 94, a longtime resident of Allenstown,died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 at Pleasant View Health Care Center inConcord.; The daughter of Joseph and Marie (Michaud) Brisbois, Mrs. Laflammewas ...
[ Powerhouse comics, foreign ballet companies and blues legends ]
Sep 01, 2005; ... Powerhouse comics, foreign ballet companies and blues legends willgrace the stage of the Capitol Center for the Arts this season, asthe theater gears up to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Returningfavorites, like the Nebraska Theater Company's production of AChristmas Carol, will follow ...
[ Members of the Dunbarton Garden Club like daffodils ]
Sep 01, 2005 ... Members of the Dunbarton Garden Club like daffodils -a lot. The club recently announced a rather lofty 10-year goal: Memberswant every resident to plant daffodils, preferably those they areselling. The hope is to get oodles of residents adorning their yards by2015, when the ...
[ Concord Hospital's annual challenge scramble golf tournament ]
Sep 01, 2005 ... Concord Hospital's annual challenge scramble golf tournament, heldAug. 8 at the Concord Country Club, raised almost $145,000 to supporta new emergency department. The tournament, a double shotgun with morning and afternoonstarts, drew 256 golfers from across New England to compete ...
Shortage of gas? That's not the issue, RICK BLODGETT, Concord - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... After reading Lisa Arsenault's Sept. 1 article and checking gasprices, I have determined that the public is being gouged by the oilcompanies, contrary to what economist Jacob Bournazian and OEPmanager Joseph Broyles have said. Shortage? Have you seen any gas stations with "Out of ...
Cap gas prices, GARY GORDON, Bow - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... It's time for our lawmakers at the federal and state levels to dosomething about the price gouging hitting us in the gas pocket. LastI knew, price gouging was taking advantage of someone by chargingmore than a reasonable price for a service or product because ofcircumstances beyond their ...
Price gougers, TIM DAVIS, Boscawen - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... The ConcordMonitor should track gas prices in the area. It shouldalso report price gougers, which I believe are numerous. An example is Cumberland Farms on King Street in Boscawen. Thenormal markup is 10 cents per gallon between the grades, but thisstation lists 87 octane as $3.09 ...
Bring them back, DOUGLAS E. THEUNER, Concord - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... I just saw George Bush on television tell the people of the GulfCoast that he would do all in his power to alleviate their suffering.Fine so far. Assuming that may be a true statement, I wonder if he hasconsidered bringing back from Iraq the "National" Guard and othermilitary ...
Sports registrations & tryouts & events Registrations/tryouts; Events; Camps/clinics/lessons; Coaches needed; Players needed; Referees wanted; Roundup schedule
Sep 02, 2005 ... YMCA Sailfish swim team -The Concord Family YMCA Sailfish SwimTeam, which competes from September through March for beginnersthrough highly competitive swimmers, will hold tryouts andregistrations. The YMCA is requiring everyone interested in swimmingfor the Sailfish to come and try out ...
No rants, please, BILL BUNKER, Barnstead - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... The devastation and death left behind in the aftermath ofHurricane Katrina are terrible. It should remind all of us that lifeis fragile and we are vulnerable to not just terrorists but alsoMother Nature. Looters, with little regard for others or the tragedy at hand, areransacking ...
Raiders, KRISTEN DYMENT, Warner - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... Currently, I am living in the White Mountains. Wednesday I woke upand heard and read the news. Being so far north, some days I feeldisconnected. Wednesday was different. I learned that close to 1,000 Iraqis died when a religiousprocession was interrupted by a rumor of a suicide ...
Sports roundup
Sep 02, 2005; ... JV results The Concord boys' soccer team improved to 3-0 with a 4-0 blankingof Keene yesterday. Scott Salchunas and Alhaji Kargbo each had a goaland an assist, and Brendan March and Toby Murphy scored the Tide'sother two goals. Tommy Hymmes had four saves in goal. The ...
Belmont breaks out; Raiders score first win, 3-1 Boys' soccer; Girls' soccer; Field hockey; Golf
Sep 02, 2005 ... The Belmont boys' soccer team got the monkey off its back with itsfirst win of the year, taking an early lead and holding off Newfound,3-1, yesterday at Newfound. Nick Harriman opened the scoring for Belmont (1-2) in the 11thminute, scoring unassisted, and Eric Trendell repeated ...
Franklin; Election filing ends; mayor unopposed
Sep 02, 2005; ... FRANKLIN - Franklin's mayor appears to have a good job approvalrating, or at least job security. The city's election filing period has ended with Mayor DavePalfrey set to run unopposed for his second term this fall. Barringany unusually successful write-in candidates, Palfrey is ...
Salisbury; He's back in court, his video unmade; Driver in fatal crash had avoided prison
Sep 02, 2005; ... A Salisbury man allowed to make a safe driving video instead ofgoing to prison for a fatal car crash was back in court yesterday forfailing to begin his community service. It's been five months since Merrimack County Superior Court JudgeKathleen McGuire gave Jamie Brace an ...
State high court wants funding debate refined; It asks lawyers to focus their arguments
Sep 02, 2005; ... The state Supreme Court asked lawyers on both sides of the latestschool funding lawsuit yesterday to focus on one issue in their fight-whether sending more education money to needy communities leaves theothers shortchanged, as a coalition of 18 towns and school districtsclaims it ...
World should help, LAURIE SHEPARD, Contoocook - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... I listened to NPR all day at work, hearing about the destruction,loss of life and the recovery operations along the Gulf Coast afterKatrina. One thing I have not heard is anything about aid coming tous from other countries. I hear about the National Guard, the Red Cross and ...
Room for compromise, BEN PETERS, Laconia - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... Stem-cell research is a complicated issue. On one side, peopleargue that embryos are human life and thus have the same rights asadults. The other side argues that stem-cell research has thepotential to improve the quality and length of life for millions ofpeople afflicted with incurable ...
Erwin "Irky" Maxwell Holdner, Concord -; Served U.S. Army in two stints
Sep 02, 2005 ... DEERING Mr. Erwin "Irky"Maxwell Holdner, 83, of Wyman Road inDeering, died Sept. 1 at his home. He was born in Manchester on May 5, 1922, the son of Erwin Josephand Maude Bernice (Maxwell) Holdner. He attended school in Hillsboro. He served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War ...
Marcelle C. Emery; Devoted wife, mother and grandmother
Sep 02, 2005 ... Marcelle C. Emery, 79, of Appleton Street, died Tuesday, Aug. 31,2005 at Concord Hospital. She was born in Manchester on Sept. 2, 1925, the daughter of thelate Richard and Lumina (Martin) LaBelle. She lived in Manchester formany years and was a graduate of Central High School ....
Poor photo choice, MAUREEN ROWLEY, Concord - Letter
Sep 02, 2005 ... About the picture you blew up and put on the cover of the Sept. 1ConcordMonitor: The woman in the picture obviously lives a bleak life. She isprobably living below poverty level and was stranded in her apartmentbuilding with no relatives to come and take her in during ...